Hula

Hula (1927)

Clara Bow, the flaming flapper, is with us again in a tidal wave of love in the tropics. You will surely enjoy seeing this show!

The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.

Date of release
1927-08-28
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 4m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
Victor Fleming

Casting

Interesting facts

Hula is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Victor Fleming, and based on the novel Hula, a Romance of Hawaii (1927) by Armine von Tempski. The film stars Clara Bow and was released by Paramount Pictures. The film entered into the public domain on January 1, 2023, because regardless of the film itself's renewal status, the copyright of the book it was based on was renewed in 1954.

Production

In the opening scene of the film Hula is shown swimming nude in a stream, and later is wearing pants and articulates her sexual desires. Similar to Sadie Thompson (1928), the film depicts a modern woman who is located outside the bounds of American civilization and thus able to act in an "uncivilized" manner like natives who live on the islands.

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